Learning objectives
Educational goals: The course intends to provide students with tools and theoretical concepts for describing nursing activities with regard to the prevention of hospital infections
Course unit content
<br />- Concepts of: infection, hospital infection, infection <br />
acquired during health care. <br />
- Frequency and types of infection found. <br />
- Micro-organisms responsible for hospital infections. <br />
- Consequences to the sick person, of the work team, social consequences. <br />
- Legislative provisions concerning the prevention of hospital infections. <br />
Circ. Min. San. (Italian Ministry of Health Circular) 52/1985 - 8/1988- National Health Plan <br />
- The spectrum of infection. <br />
- Infection indicators. <br />
- Potentially important variables in the study of infections <br />
- Reservoir control measures <br />
- ? transmission control <br />
- control systems: surveillance concept, laboratory data, patient-oriented data. <br />
- universal recommendations <br />
- occupational risk <br />
- hygiene of the hands <br />
- use of gloves and barrier devices <br />
- cleaning, disinfection, antiseptics and disinfectants <br />
- sterilisation systems: heat, compressed steam, ethylene oxide <br />
- guidelines for isolation measures <br />
- guidelines for the prevention of the following infections: <br />
urinary, respiratory, surgical, vascular.
Bibliography
- la prevenzione delle infezioni ospedaliere aa.vv. CAROCCI FABER 2004 <br />
- le infezioni ospedaliere. Prevenzione e controllo CENTRO SCIENTIFICO, TORINO 1993 <br />
- igiene e disinfezione clinica nelle strutture ospedaliere KAPPADUE, MILANO 2002 <br />
- lecture notes provided by the professor
Teaching methods
Learning activities: Classroom lecture with the use of audio-visual aids and classroom discussion with students. <br />
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Verification method: <br />
Chosen by the student: written exam and oral test according to the examination timetable.